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Vocab Workshop E-1
Vocab Workshop Level E Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value | adulterate |
| able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; decietful, hypocritical | ambidexterous |
| to make larger, increase | augment |
| deprived of; made unhappy through a loss | bereft |
| to position or arrange; to utilize, to form up | deploy |
| stern, unyeilding,gloomy, ill-humored | dour |
| courage in facing difficulties | fortitiude |
| to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide | gape |
| (v)to utter taunting words | gibe |
| (n) an expression of scorn | gibe |
| an external appearance, cover, mask | guise |
| intended to decieve or entrap; sly, treacherous | insidious |
| a hint, indirect suggestion | intimation |
| wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose | opulent |
| easily bent, flexible; easily influenced | pliable |
| to say again, repeat | reiterate |
| not easily moved mentally or emotionally;dull, unresponsive | stolid |
| experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant | tentative |
| not combed; untidy;not properly maintained; unpolished, rude | unkempt |
| word for word; exactly as written or spoken | verbatim |
| catiously, with great care | warily |
| syn: contaminate, pollute, sully | adulterate |
| ant: purify, purge, expurgate | adulterate |
| adulterate(pos) | verb |
| syn:versatile, facile | ambidexterous |
| ant:clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit | ambidexterous |
| ambidexterous(pos) | adjective |
| syn:enlarge, supplement, amplify | augment |
| ant: decrease, diminish | augment |
| augment(pos) | verb |
| syn:deprived of; made unhappy through a loss | bereft |
| ant: replete, well provided | bereft |
| bereft(pos) | adjective,participle |
| syn: station, organize | deploy |
| deploy(pos) | verb |
| syn: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturine | dour |
| ant: cheery, inviting, genial | dour |
| dour(pos) | adjective |
| syn:resolve, steadfastness, mettle | fortitude |
| ant: fearfullness, timidity, faintheartedness | fortitude |
| fortitude(pos) | noun |
| syn: gawk, ogle | gape |
| gape(pos) | verb |
| syn:ridicule ,mock, deride, jeer | gibe |
| ant:compliment, praise | gibe |
| gibe(pos) | verb and noun |
| syn:costume, semblance, pretense | guise |
| guise(pos) | noun |
| syn: cunning, underhanded, perfidious | guise |
| ant: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard | guise |
| intimation(pos) | noun |
| syn: clue, indication, inkling | intimation |
| opulent(pos) | adjective |
| syn: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant | opulent |
| ant: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute | opulent |
| pliable(pos) | adjective |
| syn: supple, adaptable, resilient | pliable |
| ant:rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant | pliable |
| reiterate(pos) | verb |
| syn: restate, rehash, recapitulate | reiterate |
| stolid(pos) | adjective |
| syn: impassive, phlegmatic | stolid |
| ant: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung | stolid |
| tentative(pos) | adjective |
| syn: provisional inconclusive | tentative |
| ant: definite, conclusive, confirmed | tentative |
| unkempt(pos) | adjective |
| syn: sloppy, disheveled, disordered, rough | unkempt |
| ant: well-groomed, tidy, neat, natty | unkempt |
| verbatim(pos) | adjective, adverb |
| syn: (adj.) exact: (adv) precisely | verbatim |
| ant: (adj) paraphrased | verbatim |
| warily(pos) | adverb |
| syn: carefully, prudently, gingerly | warily |
| ant: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously | warily |
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